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Dear Colleagues; The deadline for nominations for the 2012 Art Libraries Society of North America Distinguished Service Award is quickly approaching. If you are preparing a submission packet, please remember that the deadline is November 4th. This award is presented to an individual of any country whose exemplary service in art librarianship, visual resources curatorship, or a related field , has made an outstanding national or international contribution to art information. The individuals who are nominated should have distinguished themselves in at least two of the following ways: 1. Outstanding and sustained service to the profession through active participation, advocacy, or leadership in ARLIS/NA or related organizations. 2. Outstanding and sustained service to a library or visual resource collection in a manner consistent with the highest standards of the field. These standards may be met in a variety of ways, including activity which involves exceptional creativity, innovation, intellectual or moral courage, leadership, scholarship. 3. Outstanding research and/or publication in any media or format that contributes to the further understanding and development of art information, art librarianship, or visual collections management. 4. Outstanding and sustained performance as a teacher in the field of art librarianship, visual resources curatorship, or a closely related field. Eligible recipients need not be members of ARLIS/NA and the award may be given posthumously. Current members of the Executive Board, other ARLIS/NA officers or appointees, and previous recipients of the award are not eligible for nomination. Again, the deadline to submit nominations for the 2011 ARLIS/NA Distinguished Service Award is Friday, November 4, 2011. For detailed information about the award and for information about eligibility, criteria, and nominating procedures, please see the ARLIS/NA website at: http://www.arlisna.org/about/awards/dsa/dsa_guidelines.html <http://www.arlisna.org/about/awards/dsa/dsa_guidelines.html> ARLIS/NA Distinguished Service Award Sub-Committee Gregory P. J. Most, chair Stephanie Frontz Eumie Imm-Stroukoff Alan Michelson Kathryn Wayne Margaret Webster Gregory P. J. Most Chief, Department of Image Collections Library National Gallery of Art Washington, DC 20565 e-mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> URL: http://www.nga.gov/resources/dlidesc.shtm <http://www.nga.gov/resources/dlidesc.shtm> phone: 202/ 842-6100 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~